Libraries

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Public Libraries Increased Appropriation
Montana Public Libraries and Branches
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Public Library Statistics Statewide Library Performance Indicators

Montana’s libraries support education, employment, entrepreneurship and lifelong engagement

Highlights

Montana’s public libraries hold 4,465,788 items.
Montanans visited their public libraries an average of 4.5 times throughout the year, for a total of 4,655,040 visits in 2013.
MontanaLibrary2Go (statewide e-book collection) had an annual circulation of of 470,030.
Montana library patrons checked out 6,257,814 items in 2013, over 6 items per capita.
Librarians in Montana’s public libraries fielded 507,416 reference questions in 2013, or 9,758 questions per week.
The Talking Book Library mail-delivered circulation averages over 213,000 annually; digital downloads average 17,500 annually.
I00% of all Montana libraries provide Internet access to patrons.
Nearly half of all Montanans (482,214) have a library card.

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Montana State Library, 2014

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Public Libraries Increased Appropriation

The appropriation for state aid to libraries increased from $102,830 in FY2013 to $395,766 for FY’s 2014-2017. These dollars directly benefit Montana communities. For example:

We are now proctoring exams for college students, having health care navigators come and sign people up for health insurance and have our kids learning about computer programming. - Boulder Community Library
After reorganizing post-retirement staff duties, we were able to upgrade a staff position from a library assistant to a Professional Librarian. We hired a Programming and Outreach Librarian in December 2013. - ImagineIF Kalispell
The book club sets ...ensure that the cost of buying a new book each month will not deter a student from participating. - Joliet Public Library
Our most important accomplishment was the creation and success of our Youth Garden Club. - North Valley Public Library

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Montana State Library, Statewide Library Resources Division

Montana Public Libraries and Branches

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Libraries by Type

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Statewide

	Academic	Bookmobiles	Branches	Institutional	Other	Public	School	Special	Total
MT	27	5	35	2	3	82	564	57	775

Selected Senate/House Districts

Senate Districts

SD	Academic	Bookmobiles	Branches	Institutional	Other	Public	School	Special	Total
1	1	2	0	0	0	12	0	1	16
2	2	3	0	2	0	38	2	0	47
3	2	2	0	2	0	35	1	0	42
4	1	0	0	1	0	22	1	0	25
5	2	2	0	2	0	36	1	1	44
6	4	2	0	2	0	42	1	1	52
7	8	4	1	2	0	53	1	2	71
8	4	4	0	2	0	31	0	2	43
9	7	3	0	0	0	35	0	0	45
10	4	1	1	3	0	41	7	0	57
11	1	0	1	3	0	32	7	0	44
12	1	0	1	3	0	29	7	0	41
13	1	0	1	3	0	28	7	0	40
14	6	3	1	5	0	55	7	0	77
15	9	2	0	0	0	30	0	0	41
16	6	6	0	4	0	44	0	0	60
17	8	6	0	3	0	47	0	0	64
18	5	3	0	2	0	26	1	0	37
19	8	1	0	2	0	46	0	0	57
20	5	2	2	4	0	79	9	0	101
21	5	2	2	5	0	84	9	0	107
22	1	1	2	3	0	52	9	0	68
23	2	1	2	3	0	52	9	0	69
24	1	1	2	3	0	48	9	0	64
25	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0	67
26	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0	67
27	2	1	2	3	0	52	9	0	69
28	3	1	2	3	0	58	9	0	76
29	7	1	2	3	0	73	9	0	95
30	4	0	0	2	0	47	4	0	57
31	3	0	0	2	0	36	3	0	44
32	4	0	0	2	0	34	2	0	42
33	2	0	0	2	0	30	2	0	36
34	3	0	0	2	0	33	2	0	40
35	8	2	1	5	0	70	30	0	116
36	8	2	0	2	1	39	7	0	59
37	1	1	0	1	0	12	6	0	21
38	6	3	1	3	1	41	27	0	82
39	6	2	0	1	2	29	7	0	47
40	5	3	1	2	1	40	22	0	74
41	2	1	1	2	0	21	21	0	48
42	2	1	1	2	0	21	21	0	48
43	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	19
44	2	1	0	0	0	16	1	0	20
45	1	4	0	3	0	32	3	0	43
46	4	6	0	4	0	48	3	1	66
47	4	6	0	4	0	48	3	1	66
48	1	5	0	3	0	32	3	0	44
49	1	5	0	3	0	33	3	0	45
50	1	3	0	3	0	30	3	0	40

House Districts

HD	Academic	Bookmobiles	Branches	Institutional	Other	Public	School	Special	Total
1	9	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	1
2	15	1	2	0	0	0	12	0	0
3	41	2	2	0	2	0	33	2	0
4	43	2	2	0	2	0	35	2	0
5	35	2	1	0	2	0	29	1	0
6	42	2	2	0	2	0	35	1	0
7	25	1	0	0	1	0	22	1	0
8	25	1	0	0	1	0	22	1	0
9	38	2	1	0	2	0	32	1	0
10	38	1	2	0	1	0	32	1	1
11	35	1	2	0	1	0	30	1	0
12	25	3	1	0	1	0	19	0	1
13	45	4	2	1	1	0	35	1	1
14	37	7	3	1	1	0	24	0	1
15	38	3	4	0	2	0	27	0	2
16	14	1	2	0	1	0	10	0	0
17	39	7	2	0	0	0	31	0	0
18	18	3	1	0	0	0	14	0	0
19	57	4	1	1	3	0	41	7	0
20	42	1	0	1	3	0	30	7	0
21	40	1	0	1	3	0	28	7	0
22	44	1	0	1	3	0	32	7	0
23	41	1	0	1	3	0	29	7	0
24	40	1	0	1	3	0	28	7	0
25	40	1	0	1	3	0	28	7	0
26	40	1	0	1	3	0	28	7	0
27	77	6	3	1	5	0	55	7	0
28	9	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0
29	16	4	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
30	35	8	2	0	0	0	26	0	0
31	25	2	4	0	1	0	18	0	0
32	38	4	3	0	3	0	28	0	0
33	37	5	3	0	2	0	27	0	0
34	33	4	4	0	1	0	24	0	0
35	21	1	3	0	1	0	15	1	0
36	20	4	1	0	1	0	14	0	0
37	57	8	1	0	2	0	46	0	0
38	11	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0
39	91	3	2	2	4	0	72	9	0
40	78	3	1	2	3	0	60	9	0
41	31	2	1	0	2	0	26	0	0
42	88	4	1	2	4	0	68	9	0
43	68	1	1	2	3	0	52	9	0
44	66	1	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
45	66	1	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
46	67	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
47	64	1	1	2	3	0	48	9	0
48	64	1	1	2	3	0	48	9	0
49	64	1	1	2	3	0	48	9	0
50	67	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
51	67	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
52	67	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
53	69	2	1	2	3	0	52	9	0
54	67	2	1	2	3	0	50	9	0
55	72	3	1	2	3	0	54	9	0
56	71	2	1	2	3	0	54	9	0
57	23	4	0	0	0	0	19	0	0
58	85	6	1	2	3	0	64	9	0
59	57	4	0	0	2	0	47	4	0
60	34	2	0	0	2	0	27	3	0
61	44	3	0	0	2	0	36	3	0
62	36	2	0	0	2	0	30	2	0
63	36	2	0	0	2	0	30	2	0
64	42	4	0	0	2	0	34	2	0
65	36	2	0	0	2	0	30	2	0
66	36	2	0	0	2	0	30	2	0
67	37	3	0	0	2	0	30	2	0
68	40	3	0	0	2	0	33	2	0
69	45	4	0	0	2	0	37	2	0
70	78	6	2	1	3	0	38	28	0
71	48	7	2	0	2	0	30	7	0
72	41	3	1	0	2	1	27	7	0
73	20	1	1	0	1	0	11	6	0
74	21	1	1	0	1	0	12	6	0
75	81	6	3	1	3	1	40	27	0
76	20	1	1	0	1	0	11	6	0
77	42	5	2	0	1	1	26	7	0
78	33	3	1	0	1	2	19	7	0
79	51	2	1	1	2	0	24	21	0
80	71	4	3	1	2	1	38	22	0
81	48	2	1	1	2	0	21	21	0
82	48	2	1	1	2	0	21	21	0
83	48	2	1	1	2	0	21	21	0
84	48	2	1	1	2	0	21	21	0
85	19	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0
86	14	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0
87	17	2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0
88	10	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0
89	43	1	4	0	3	0	32	3	0
90	40	1	3	0	3	0	30	3	0
91	43	1	3	0	3	0	32	3	1
92	63	4	6	0	4	0	46	3	0
93	21	3	1	0	1	0	15	0	1
94	50	1	6	0	3	0	36	3	1
95	40	1	3	0	3	0	30	3	0
96	44	1	5	0	3	0	32	3	0
97	45	1	5	0	3	0	33	3	0
98	40	1	3	0	3	0	30	3	0
99	76	2	5	0	6	0	57	6	0
100	40	1	3	0	3	0	30	3	0

Note: The number of libraries per district is calculated based on a count of libraries within 10 miles of the district’s boundary.

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Montana State Library, Statewide Library Resources Division

Public Library Statistics Statewide Library Performance Indicators

For additional information, visit the Public Library Statistics Statewide Library Performance Indicators section of the Montana State Library website.

Public Libraries Circulation Per Capita (1967 - 2012)

Circulation Per Capita relates the number of items a library circulates to the population served. It can be thought of as representing the average number of items checked out in a year by a member of the community. Circulation Per Capita is calculated by dividing the library's total annual circulation by the service area population or census/estimated population.

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Visits Per Capita (1988 - 2012)

Visits Per Capita relates the number of people visiting the library to the population served. It can be thought of as representing the average number of times during a year that a member of the community uses the library. Visits Per Capita is calculated by dividing the library total attendance by the service area population or census/estimated population.

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Expense Per Capita (1988 - 2012)

Expense Per Capita relates library expenditures to the population of the service area served. It is obtained by dividing the library's total expenditures by the service area population or census/estimated population. Figures shown here are based on each library's total expenditures.

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Income Per Capita (1988 - 2012)

Income Per Capita relates library income to the population of the service area served. It is obtained by dividing the library's total income by the service area population or census/estimated population. Figures shown here are based on each library's total income, which includes city, district, county, state, federal, and other income.

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Collection Turnover Rate (1967 - 2012)

Turnover Rate measures the activity of a library's collection, indicating the number of times each unit of library material would have circulated during the year if circulation had been spread evenly throughout the collection. It is calculated by dividing the library's total annual circulation by total library holdings.

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